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Re: Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?
I see your point.
I think exclusive teams are okay as long as there is a local, viable team nearby for others to participate in. For instance, in some areas with high densities of FRC teams, girls could easily feel a bit lost on a huge team. It is probably far more encouraging for them to form their own team in that case. In a lot of areas though, it wouldn't work at all [whatever team formed for the boys would be pretty much all-male for one thing...]
Personally, I doubt I would enjoy being on an all-girls team, for a number of reasons [I have always been respected and treated very well by the boys both on my team and at regionals], but I don't think you can just forbid them from having exclusive teams. Because of the unique male/female dynamics of FIRST [relatively few girls, and I think girls can easily feel intimidated by the thought that 'boys know more about mechanical stuff than I do'] all-girl teams may well be the only way some girls would join FIRST.
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Team record 2002-2011
2002: Highest Rookie Seed, AOR
2003, 2006, 2012: Xerox Creativity Award, AOR
2006: Semi-finalist, Sacramento Regional
2009: Quarter-finalist, AOR
2010: Quarter-finalist, AOR
2011: Semi-finalist, AOR, and Dean's List finalist, AOR
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2008: Lead scout
2009: Lead scout, publicity
2010: Lead scout, publicity, fundraising, Chairman's, videography
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